GREEN BERET DEATH: Green Beret with ties to Plymouth dies in Afghanistan - Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Pucino, a Hudson, Mass., native, was killed by an IED on Monday. He was with the Maryland National Guard and assigned to a Special Forces unit. By Lane Lambert.

HERO MOM: East Bridgewater mom a 'hero’ for donating bone marrow day before Thanksgiving - Lisa Sacks has a good reason for missing her son’s Thanksgiving Day football game this year. She will be recovering from surgery to help save a man’s life. Sacks will donate her bone marrow to help save a 54-year-old man in New York she has never met. By Maria Papadopoulos.

FACEBOOK REUNION: Separated siblings find each other through Facebook - After two decades apart, Melissa Greene of Mansfield and her sister Katie Crawford never thought they would see their half-sister and brother again. But they recently found the half-sister, Raquel Rose, in the very town Green lives in. By Stacey Gallotta.

DRUG RUNNER: Drug runner who ran out of gas and luck is sentenced to 18-20 years - A man who was arrested after he ran out of gas on Route 140 with $34,000 worth of heroin and cocaine secreted in his gas tank was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in Superior Court on Monday, Nov. 23. By Lakeville.

FISH: Global warming pushing Cape Cod fish populations north or into deeper water - Scientists at the Northern Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole have conducted an analysis of 40 years of data to see whether Cape Cod’s fish could be bound for cooler waters in the future. By The Cape Codder.

MARINE: Fallen Burlington Marine honored at veterans' home in Bronx - It’s been more than six years since Lance Cpl. Gregory MacDonald lost his life in Iraq, but even now, the role he played training and teaching fellow Marines is still remembered by his comrades. By Bruce Coulter.

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RAIL LINE: Sagamore Bridge delays could spur Cape Cod rail service - At the first meeting of the Canal Area Regional Traffic Task Force, the chief executive officer of Cape Rail Inc. said he’s got plans to help get people over the canal. By Jen Ouellette.

ICE CREAM SHOP CLOSES: Brigham’s Ice Cream closing after all - After being in business for more than 50 years, the Brigham’s Ice Cream in Wellesley is closing. The restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy last week. Ahmad Kazemi, the manager of the Brigham’s at 268 Washington St., said he found out Tuesday morning that the longtime favorite was being included in the group of stores that are closing. The doors will shut for good by Monday, Nov. 30. By Elana Zak.

FRANK MULLIGAN: On the lookout for disappearing photos - There were four piles of photo printouts on my desk of various heights. They were there. I put them there. I saw them there mere minutes preceding a co-worker's request to look at them. Yet in defiance of all that the scientific method has taught us about observable, empirical and measurable evidence, the photo printouts were not to be found in the four piles on my desk.

DAVID ROGERS: Don’t diss The Boss - Other than a quick once-through of “Born to Run” and “Born in the USA” years ago, I’ve never taken the time to listen to Bruce Springsteen. I know saying this will put me and my family in danger, but I wasn’t able to connect with him or his songs. In fact, the only reason I watched the “Dancing in the Dark” video back in the glory days of MTV was a chance to gaze upon the babe-ly (at the time) Courtney Cox.

MOVIE REVIEW: Father and son take a harrowing, honest journey through a post-apocalyptic world in 'The Road' - A man (Viggo Mortensen) leads his 10-year-old son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) to a new life in a warmer, less violent climate and along the way instructs him on how to shoot himself if he’s ever in danger of being captured by cannibals. Drawn from the canon of author Cormac McCarthy, “The Road” is about what happens when civility and morality give way to Darwinism in its most basic form. By Al Alexander.

MOVIE REVIEW: Gorgeous to look at, but this ‘Mr. Fox’ is not so fantastic - Wes Anderson's “Fox” is a fox, a vision to behold, but he besmirches the name of Roald Dahl, whose beloved masterpiece he has gutted and twisted into an unrecognizable mess. By Al Alexander.

FLICKS: Default ‘Twilight’ box office runners-up fail to impress - "New Moon” made $120-ish million this weekend. Flicks is shocked! SHOCKED!! Reports are 80 percent of the tickets were sold to women. What’s shocking is men admitted to seeing the movie. But Flicks isn’t here to judge — oh, wait, that’s exactly what Flicks is here for! By John Meo.

THE BEER NUT: Can it on the critique - "Good beer doesn't come in a can." At least that's what Rob Leonard, owner/brewer of Connecticut's New England Brewing Company, was always told. By Norman Miller.

EMERIL: Emeril's new book aimed at the busy, budget-conscious - The man with bam! is serving up a trio of new ventures: a family cookbook, a radio show on the Martha Stewart Living Radio Network and a casual restaurant slated to open this week in Bethlehem, Pa. By Linda Murphy.

BOSTON CRAFTSMEN: Concord Museum exhibit honors craftsmen of Boston's North Bennet Street School - Boston in the 19th century saw a a wave of philanthropy and investment in arts and culture. This legacy can be found not only in grand concert halls or vaulting monuments. A bejeweled, white gold ring is elegant and understated, but quietly dazzling both in its beauty and workmanship. By Margaret Smith.